Officials at the University of Chicago Crime Lab's Policing Leadership Academy brought in members of storied improv theater ...

The University of Chicago Crime Lab, a valuable resource the Chicago Police Department has used to analyze its policies and practices, is getting a new leader Monday.. Katie Hill, who previously ...

The University of Chicago Crime Lab's Policing Leadership Academy tackles some serious topics like how to make data-driven ...

The University of Chicago’s Policing Leadership Academy allowed Columbus Division of Police Commander Joe Curmode to learn ...

County data show that Chicago could be on track to record fewer than 500 homicides this year, which would be the lowest total ...

A Chicago criminologist challenges our assumptions about why most shootings happen—and what really makes a city safe.

The University of Chicago Crime Lab, a research organization used by the Chicago Police Department, is shaking up its leadership team, including bringing on a public policy veteran. Katie Hill ...

CHICAGO — Shootings and murders in Chicago so far this year are lower than they’ve been in six years. Other major categories of crime have dropped to their lowest level since 2021. It comes as ...

There are helpful things to do that don’t require lots of money or a big political fight, writes Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab. Unlike corruption, municipal debt ...

The owner of a Chicago laboratory was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a $14 million scheme of falsifying ...

But Black communities continue to feel the brunt of the violent crime, according to the University of Chicago Crime Lab. "Black Chicagoans are 20 times more likely than their white counterparts to ...